In the Presence of a Clown

In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting to murder his fiancée. Obsessed with death, music, and the future of cinema, he joins forces with a fellow patient to create a “living talkie,” an experimental film performance with live-spoken dialogue. As the project unfolds, art, madness, and mortality collide in a tragicomic reflection on creativity and human frailty.

• Ingmar BergmanDirector
• Ingmar BergmanWriter

• Börje AhlstedtUncle Carl Åkerblom
• Marie RichardsonPauline Thibualt
• Erland JosephsonOsvald Vogler
• Pernilla AugustKarin Bergman
• Anita BjörkAnna Åkerblom
• Agneta EkmannerKlovnen Rigmor
• Lena EndreMärta Lundberg
• Gunnel FredEmma Vogler
• Anna BjörkMia Falk
• Peter StormarePetrus Landahl
• Gerthi KulleSister Stella
• Johan LindellJohan Egerman